Bottle-case



v(No Model.)`

E. 0. BROWN. BOTTLE GASE- No. 538,866. Patente'd'May '7, 1895.

YHE NORRVS PETERS C0., PHOTOLITMO.. WASHNGTCN, D. l:4

Witnesses @L NrTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN C. BROWN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BOTTLE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,8 66, dated May '7,1895.

Application tiled January 22, 1895. v Serial No. 535,757. (N o model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN C. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and usefui Improvements in Bottle-Cases; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invent-ion relates to improvements in protective cases for bottles;its objects being at the same time to improve the efficiency and utilityof the same, andcto afford means for safely handling bottles; and itconsists in the novel features of construction and combinationhereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In thedrawings, Figure l represents in side elevation a bottle-caseembodying my invention, with a combined rocker and handle attachedthereto. Fig. 2 is a side view at right angles to Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the same.

In handling large bottles, to which my invention has especial but notexclusive reference, great difficulty is often experienced in securelyholding and manipulating the same, either for pouring out or inspectingtheir contents. Cases in which such bottles may be stored and shippedliave been employed, but they have heretofore had theobjectionablefeatures of being heavy, 4not much more easily manipulated than thebottles themselves, and of preventing the inspection of the contents ofthe bottle without removing it from its case. I avoid all theseobjections by the construction of case shown in the drawings, in Which-A represents the case, made of stout wire4 Woven with open meshes, inthe form of a cylindrical tube open at both ends and having at each enda strengthening ring of stout wire or roda a around which the ends ofthe woven wire of the sides are secured. The cylinder thusformed is notonly light and strong but is also somewhat springy and serves not onlyas a protecting 'case' for the bottle, in which the latter may beshipped or stored, but also as a means for handling `torn ring a of thecase.

"and manipulating the bottle, as it affords an admirably secure hold forthe hands.

Across the lower end of theL case A are passed one or more strands orbands of wire a2 securely attached at their ends to the loot- Theseiprevent the bottle from slipping through the case, and are in additionpreferably provided With springs b b upon which the bottle rests andwhich act as a cushion when it is set down,

or when the case is used as a shipping' case. In addition I prefer toprovide the case A with internal springs on the sides to hold the bottlesteady and prevent its rattling in the case or shaking up its contents,and tofurther cushion the bottle against jar or accidental blows. Toeffect this Iarrange springs c c in the form of flat strips Asecured attheir ends to the rings d @"andpresenting a con- Vex contour to thebottle.

If the case Ais for unusually large bottles the springs c c instead ofbeing made proportionately stronger may be reinforced by springs d dinterposed at one or more places between the springs c and the wovenWire side of the case, so as to hold springs c firmly against the sideof the bottle E. When the case is thus constructed fthe bottle, howeverlarge, is fully protected by the combined resiliency of the woven Wirecase and the several springs. The same case will hold several differentsizes of bottles equally well. The contents of the bottles are fullyvisible at every point, including the bottom of the bottle, which it isoften desirable to examine for sediment, &c. The case being open at thebottom, nothing which may be accidentally dropped therein can lodgethere to endanger the breakingof the bottle. It is impossible to dropthe bottle in handling it. The case affords the most perfect means forlifting and carrying about the bottle. The bottle can safely be shippedwith no other protection than its case;` and finally, the bottles withtheir cases stow in'a largerpacking case 95 so securely that no otherpacking or filling is IOO with the case A a detachable handle and rockerF, composed of stout curved rods ff, hooked at each end to engage therings a, ct and having their upper ends curved over the bottle andrecurved to engage the ring a, so that when in place the recurved upperends of the handle or rocker hold the bottle in the case, even whenturned completely over. To prevent the spreading apart of the rodsffwhen in use, cross stays of stout wire f2 are secured between them, asseen in Figs. 2 and 3.

By means of the rocker F the case can be lifted and carried; the bottleis prevented from jolting or slipping out; and the contents of thebottle to the last drop can be steadily and safely poured out, withoutany agitation of the contents or any liability of their spurting orswashing. The handle F is made longer between its hooked ends than thelength ofthe case A, so thatit has to be sprung together to hook it on,and when in placeits own spring holds it securely, while it is readilytransferred froin one case to another.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. The bottle-case hereinabove described composed of a woven wirecylinder having a strengthening ringat each end, cross strands atone endhaving springs to support the bottie, springs extending lengthwise otlthe cylinder and secured at their ends to the strengthening rings withtheir central portions projecting into the cylinder substantiallyparallel therewith, substantially as described.

2. In a bottle case the combination of a Woven-wire cylinder having astrengthening ring at each end, cross strands at one end having springsto support the bottle, springs extending lengthwise of the cylinder andsecured at their ends to the strengthening rings with their centralportions projecting into the cylinder, and springs interposed bctweenthe lengthwise springs and the side of the case, substantially asdescribed.

The combination of the woven-wire cylinder having a strengthening ringat each end, cross strands at one end having springs to support thebottle, springs within the cylinder extending lengthwise thereof andhaving their ends secured to the strengthening rings and their centralportions projecting into the cavity of the cylinder7 and a rocker havingits ends attached to the strengthening rings and its top portion curvedover the bottle to retain the saine in the case, su bstantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

EDWIN C. BROWN.

Witnesses:

ROLAND RIDER, WM. G. TAYLOR.

